BHUBANESWAR: Police on Sunday busted a duplicate motor lubricant manufacturing factory in Mancheswar’s Sameigadia area here and seized over 500 litres of fake engine oil along with two multi-utility vehicles.
Police also arrested the person managing the illegal unit and identified him as Babaji Sahoo of Jagatsinghpur. The cops seized thousands of litres of used engine oil for refining and selling.
Sources said Sahoo used to blend chemicals manufactured in Kolkata and Maharashtra’s Raigad district along with a multi-purpose grease and some colours for manufacturing the duplicate engine oil. He procured new empty bottles of engine oil brands from Kolkata.
The duplicate motor lubricants seized from the factory were packaged in bottles of various engine oil brands like Castrol Activ, Hero 4-T Plus, Moto 4 Gold elf, Servo Premium and Honda 4-stroke scooter engine oil, among others.